# Customize strategies

## Configuring open bot variables

* Go to the config file in `src/config/index.js`. 

Here you will find the following variables:<br>

![Configurable strategy parametres](/files/-L_qdf71w7mavQgWTTxh)

#### Trading mode

Choose between

* Backtesting
* Paper testing
* Running the bot live

#### Time measures

* Time frame (if backtest is chosen)
* Backtest days (if backtest is chosen)
* Retry order (to configure the order execution)

#### Market

* Specify your market foreaxmple 'BTC-ETH' for Bitcoin / Ethereum market.

#### Strategy

* Choose a premade strategy such as 'BBANDS-RSI' or set in your own custom strategy.
* Each folder in `src/core/strategy/strategies` folder is a strategy you can choose from&#x20;

## Creating your own strategy

* To create your own strategy take a look at the template implementation in `src/strategy/strategies/TEMPLATE`
* When you add a new folder with the strategy as `index.js` then webpack will make that folder available as a module.
* So if we add a folder called `MY_NEW_STRATEGY` in `src/strategy/strategies` you can then set the `STRATEGY` value in the config file to `'MY_NEW_STRATEGY'`.


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